Archive for June, 2005

Cingular today officially confirmed the Ogo has been discontinued. PCS Intel broke news of the Ogo’s demise months ago. Cingular also said they will fully support existing customers.

Verizon today internally launched the Samsung i730, their XDAIII-like competitor that will eventually be upgradeable to Windows Mobile 5.0. Some rumors indicate Sprint PCS will also eventually carry this device. An internal Verizon launch does not mean consumers will immediately be able to order the device, generally business customers get first pick followed by consumers.
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Today, we’re launching PCS Intel. PCS Intel is designed to correct one fundamental problem with Sprint PCS Info, by separating the Sprint focus back into its own site, while still giving hard-hitting coverage to the U.S. carriers you’re used to.
The breakdown is simple: All news, discussion, and information will be on PCS Intel. Sprint and [...]

Sprint and Nextel today confirmed that the combined company will fall under the “Sprint Master Brand” with Nextel used as a product name. We broke the initial coverage of Sprint Nextel being combined as Sprint with Nextel as a product focus, and today, Sprint is confirming that.

Sprint Master Branding Press Release

Tomorrow Gary Forsee and Tim Donahue will announce the unified merger branding in an internal webcast to employees. The webcast is not open to the public, but will detail the unified company name, logo, and branding.

Details of the Sanyo 9000, in addition to some very blurry pictures have begun to leak onto the web. The Sanyo 9000 will build on the MM-5600 with an improved camera, EV-DO, and other minor improvements such as Voice SMS.
Sprint expects this device to be a mid-range EV-DO device, in-between the likes of the A920 [...]

As part of the transition to PCS Intel, reporting will be much more delegated. This will allow for, well, more. More coverage, more reviews, more intel. Now, we could go out and hand-pick people in the cellular world who we believe are capable, but instead, we feel it’s always best to look into the community [...]

Sprint has issued firmware version V11 for the LG VI-125. You can update your phone by going to Menu > Settings > Setup/Others > Update Phone SW.
It is not known at this time what the update changes.

Update: PalmOne also yesterday updated their Unlocked GSM version of the Treo 650. You can get that update here. It improves some GPRS data profiles as well as other revisions that are in the Sprint update.
We broke coverage of Sprint confirming the new definition of tethering your phone as a modem, which is that Sprint [...]

Quickly following our coverage of the BlackBerry 7250 nearing release, Sprint has released the BlackBerry 7250 to business customers. You can order it by calling Business TeleSales.

RIM BlackBerry 7250 Product Page